14' swells !!!!

Ondine · Post by **Ondine** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:28 pm

This seems to be the link:

http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/W ... ndex1.html

mrscaptainjay · Post by **mrscaptainjay** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:33 pm

Hull Bay on St. Thomas earlier this evening.

Deb

scrumblin · Post by **scrumblin** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:00 pm

I was at Trunk Bay a few years back and the wave breaks were at 10 feet high and enormous. It was incredibly loud (and for a not great swimmer)sort of scary. It was clearly posted red flag at the entrance, and the lifeguard was busy as could be warning non athletic looking people about back/muscle injury if you are in shallow water when that wave crashes in. Someone on this forum actually implied I might be exagerating about the unusual severe weather because it doesn't usually get like that at this time of year. It was an odd and fascinating sight to behold...I'm glad I got to experience it because a)it teaches you that no matter when you go, Mother Nature can be a powerful force, and b)that's why I don't go in hurricane season.

sea-nile · Post by **sea-nile** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:05 pm

WOW, mrscaptainjay!
Those photos look like some from Hawaii that I was just looking at!

ready4paradise · Post by **ready4paradise** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:53 pm

I agree, those photos look like the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Not St. Thomas! Good job on being the on the spot reporter. Does anyone have any idea if they are extending the warnings and watches out from Friday? Please post any info you can. Thanks for letting us all be in the know.

mrscaptainjay · Post by **mrscaptainjay** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:14 am

Here's the latest as of midnight last night:

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST FRIDAY...

LONG PERIOD...NORTH SWELLS OF 10 TO 13 FEET HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTLINES DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 15 TO 25 FEET. BUOY 41043...NORTH OF ST THOMAS...HAS BEEN REPORTING INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL HEIGHTS OF OVER 14 FEET AT 17 SECONDS FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS. THESE SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BUILD...PEAKING OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AT 15 TO 16 FEET. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WARNINGS TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITIONS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL NEXT WEEK

cptnkirk · Post by **cptnkirk** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:31 am

Thanks for the pics MrsCJ

RickG · Post by **RickG** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:41 am

I spoke to the Captain of Born to Rhumb last night. He went out Wednesday and is going out Thursday as well.

Cheers, RickG

pswlrw · Post by **pswlrw** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:48 am

Gotta love Captain Kevin

RickG · Post by **RickG** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:46 am

Cruise ships canceled their water excursions today. We are meeting friends at Caneel Bay. I expect it to be a short visit. What to do? Tap Room!

Cheers, RickG

mrscaptainjay · Post by **mrscaptainjay** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:56 am

Here are some web cam links that maybe will show the swells.

Saba Rock
http://208.0.229.84/CgiStart?page=Singl ... Language=0

Leverick Bay, Virgin Gorda
http://leverickbay.org/webcam.htm

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:16 am

Wow, those photos are impressive! Thanks for posting them, Mrs. CaptainJay!

ccasebolt · Post by **ccasebolt** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:48 pm

Advisories were posted at Trunk Tuesday afternoon - it was wild. We had a blast body surfing. It was a great way to spend the last beach day.

Bumped into JC (Jen) in town just before our "walk of woe" yesterday. She was headed to the North Shore with her camcorder, so stay tuned...

MIke · Post by **MIke** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:51 pm

minnjim

the link to Huricane Hole webcam is:
http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/caribb ... john.shtml

I probably didn't do this right.

Teresa_Rae · Post by **Teresa_Rae** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:38 pm

Wow, those are some crazy waves. Thanks for sharing.

usvi-on-line

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14' swells !!!!